Partnerships Director

Company Description

 

Australia/New Zealand CSR Achievement of the Year – Publicis Groupe ANZ – Gold 2025

Asia-Pacific Best Place to Work (Network) – Publicis Groupe APAC - Winner 2025, 2024

Australian Business Awards - Employer of Choice 2024, 2023, 2022 & 2021

HR Awards Excellence Awardee - Employer of Choice 2022

AWEI Silver Accreditation 2025

Certified family friendly workplace 

Welcome to Publicis Groupe ANZ.

 

Here you will get an inside look at life within our network, including the brilliant people working across our agency brands.

 

Publicis Groupe is a world leader in marketing communication and digital business transformation, driven through the alchemy of data, creativity, media, and technology. Our connected platform of companies and capabilities is more than an operational framework. It’s a cultural model we've built to unite our people in a collaborative way of thinking and working. Publicis Groupe offers its clients seamless access to the expertise of its 110,000+  talents across 100 countries globally.

 

In Australia, our powerhouse of marketing capabilities stretches across creative agencies Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Publicis Worldwide, media agencies Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Razorfish, Digitas, Epsilon, Arc, Prodigious, PMX, PR Herd MSL.

 

We also have Publicis Sapient driving digital business transformation for our clients.

Job Description

At Publicis Sport & Entertainment, we believe the most powerful marketing happens at the intersection of brands, culture and fandom. We create integrated partnerships that connect brands with the communities, passions and moments that matter most, delivering measurable business impact through sport, entertainment, gaming, music, fashion and beyond.

 

As part of the Publicis Groupe ANZ family, you'll work alongside some of the industry's brightest minds across media, creative, data, technology and content to create culturally relevant campaigns for leading brands.

 

We're looking for a Media Partnerships Director to join our growing team and play a key role in building our newly established media partnerships offering.

 

The Opportunity

 

Reporting to the Head of Media Partnerships, you'll lead the day-to-day delivery of innovative partnership solutions that connect brands with audiences in meaningful ways.

 

From developing partnership activation strategies and managing client relationships to overseeing campaign execution and nurturing industry partnerships, you'll help shape work that drives both cultural relevance and commercial outcomes.

 

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys building strong stakeholder relationships and wants to be part of a business experiencing significant growth.

 

What You'll Be Doing

 

Partnership Strategy & Delivery

• Lead the implementation of integrated media and partnership solutions across sport, entertainment and culture.
• Work closely with clients to understand their business challenges and identify opportunities for growth.
• Manage the delivery of partnership campaigns, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget and to the highest standard.
• Collaborate with specialists across Publicis Groupe to build innovative, multi-channel solutions.

Client Leadership

• Develop strong, trusted relationships with key stakeholders.
• Provide strategic recommendations that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Lead responses to briefs and contribute to new business opportunities.
• Ensure exceptional client service across every stage of the partnership lifecycle.

Industry & Partnership Management

• Build and maintain relationships with media owners, publishers, content partners and suppliers.
• Stay across emerging trends, platforms, fandoms and cultural moments.
• Identify new partnership opportunities that create value for clients and the business.

Commercial & Operational Excellence

• Manage campaign budgets, forecasting, billing and financial reporting.
• Oversee project workflows, timelines and stakeholder management.
• Support the continued development and growth of the Media Partnerships practice.

What You'll Bring

 

We're more interested in your experience and potential than ticking every single box, but ideally you'll have:

• 6+ years' experience in media partnerships, client services, brand partnerships, content partnerships, project management or a related field.
• Experience within agencies, media owners, publishers, entertainment businesses or partnership-focused organisations.
• Strong stakeholder management and client relationship skills.
• A track record of delivering integrated campaigns and partnership solutions.
• Experience managing projects from strategy through to execution.
• Commercial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting and financial management.
• Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• A passion for culture, fandoms, sport, entertainment and the evolving media landscape.
• A collaborative mindset and desire to contribute to a growing, ambitious team.

 

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Additional Information

Publicis Groupe benefits: Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world's most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses. You can learn more about us at www.publicisgroupeanz.com.

 

Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing.
• A creative, lively, and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach — "working your way with us."
• Access to our Global AI Platform Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network.
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform, Marcel Classes.
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program.
• A committed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva Women, Égalité, enABLE, EmbRACE, and Écologique committees.
• Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave after 2 years of service.
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
• Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks based on tenure, paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap, and Cub Care leave.
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder, an all-in-one digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs.
• A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge: https://workingwithcancerpledge.com/
• Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation, and the Australian Disability Network.

If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity rather than ticking boxes — so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

 

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words; these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe, we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.

 

Uniqueness is powerful; without it, we wouldn't be where we are today. So be you — we like it that way.

 

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process. If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via recruitmentpublicisgroupe.com; your personal information will be kept confidential.